Bought this tv used - watched it for a couple of days and no IR. I bought a stand for it and after installing it, I'm watching it today and I see ghost like images on the left side (like bars going down the left side of the tv) along with an espn logo on the right. No way I missed this during my previous two days but I never watched ESPN when I owned the tv. Could IR from previous times pop up again? I was thinking could I have caused it by screwing in the screws to tight to the base to the back of the tv or when I laid the plasm down on it's front glass (on padding) for 2 min before putting it on the base itself? I wouldn't think so but wanted your feedback.

Anyhow - what is the best way to get rid of this IR? I am running the IR bar in the option menu but I still see it. How long will it take to go away or will it not? Also - I hear some high pitch buzzing in the top left and right corners although can't hear it unless I go behind the tv and turn the volume off. Normal?

First of all, ignore your current theories about what's going on. If there is IR from a channel you haven't watched then you missed it during your examination.

EDIT - seems like some good talk a few pages back. looking into it now. thanks

Consider yourself very lucky. I got no help when asking. Months and months went by with nobody ever really answering me. I finally figured out the best settings myself. TV has been a pain in the ass, lol.

HDMI issue - to summarize, one of the hdmi's on my st50 (hdmi 2) stopped working all of a sudden. This happened when I plugged in a chromecast in the hdmi. I've done a lot of tests and it's def the port. I checked to make sure it was turned on and it was. I reset the tv, i unplugged and plugged in. No luck. The other two work fine. Any suggestions on how to fix this or is it toast? I looked at the hdmi port and it seems ok although the fit doesn't seem as good as when I plug the cord into the other ones. That;s the only difference I see.

I'm close to buyin this tv but I need to know if there's any judder (blur when panning the camera) in games?. HDTVtest says this tv has excellent motion handling but does that mean no judder? My current 50hz tv has terrible motion blur so I really need to know how plasmas deal with this? .

I bought this tv for gaming and have to say its the best tv ive ever had for gaming no blur or input lag and i havent had any issues with burn in or image retention i just made sure to take it easy the first few weeks and ran the slides when i wasnt home. hope this helps

Consider yourself very lucky. I got no help when asking. Months and months went by with nobody ever really answering me. I finally figured out the best settings myself. TV has been a pain in the ass, lol.

It depends on many factors, your specific panel, your viewing environment etc. Giving someone game settings that work in my environment, where I can completely control the amount of light, may not work for someone else. I use my professionally calibrated settings and by pass the "Game Mode" completely as I also watch a lot of Netflix, Bluray and Xbox rentals through my XBONE. Prior to that I was running David Katzmaier's CNET settings and even then my RGB was way off precalibration. This is not to say that his settings were bad but that on my panel and in my viewing environment they were not ideal.

I have a TC-p60ST50. It is causing handshake issues through my whole chain.

I have all my devices running into hdmi on my yamaha rx-a3020 and coming out hdmi 1 to tv and out hdmi 2 to projector.

The ps4 and cable box video and auio keeps cutting out. Driving me crazy. I was thinking it was the receiver and the hdcp was a problem. NOPE!. I turned off the tv and turned on the projector to see if these two devices would flow through properly that way and YEP they worked like they are supposed to. So I def know that the TV is causing a handshake issue. Any one know how to fix this? Does Panasonic TV's have firmware updates? And please dont talk to me about cables, cause i def know that is not the problem.

Well i figured out the issue, and this also might be a fix for others that have a receiver with two outs. Iv been reading people with onkyo and sonys aving these issues. Well on a hunch i just unplugged the out to my projector while leaving the out to the plasma in place. Fixed everything. Now after that i placed hdmi out 2 back in and the problem resumed. So that was def the issue. So as a work around I have left both outs plugged in but in the receivers options i have only enabled out 1 until i want to use my projector then i will turn on out 2.. This is not how these receivers are supposed to work but its a fix.

Image Retention questions - So I've been playing a lot of video games lately. Well more like 10-15 hrs per week. And 90% of that time has been NBA2k 14 on my PS4. This game keeps the running score of the basketball game on the lower right corner with a 2K logo as well. Long story short I have IR and I am not sure if at this point it's Burn-In.

I've gotten into the habit of running the anti IR white bar in the setup menu after I play. In fact, since I play before heading to bed, I will put on the sleep timer while the white bar scrolls for at least 30min or an hour. This has not really helped. Then I tried the pixel flipper from Disney's WOW calibration BluRay. I did the same thing, ran it for an hour after I played. I've only done the flipper once.

But my question is: Is it safe to say that even if I run all these anti IR programs, if I continue to play the game (NBA2K), will the IR continue to be present. See I've read that IR sometimes takes a while to disappear (weeks/months), but what if I wanto to continue palying the IR causing game?? Will the same IR continue to appear even if I successfully got rid of it the first time? Or if I get rid of the score box IR will it "come back" if I continue to play NBA2k?....basically I'm wondering should I just give up with anti IR programs/mechanics if I am planning to continue playing this game?

I don't see stopping game play as an option. This is a great stress release for me and I enjoy it so much I am willing to deal with the IR....BUT I rather not. The IR is visible during regular programing and even the "untrained" eye can see it...i.e. wife

PS: I've already tried changing the aspect ratio of the screen while I play so that I can "move around" the score box. Went from full to zoom...but it is tough playing a sports game without knowing the score. I've also turned the contrat down a bit...

Sorry to derail the discussion going on, but I have a question that I'm hoping someone here can assist with. I'm having issues getting my TC-P55ST50 to turn on/stay on and while the power light is blinking when attempting to turn it on, the issue is slightly different than the typical power light blinking that most people have reported.

When plugging in the TV (it's been unplugged since the issue started), I get the typical power "click" then, 10 seconds in, the power light begins blinking in a strobe light type fashion (very quick, not any distinct, countable blinks) before displaying a solid power light for about 1-2 seconds. At this point, the TV goes back off with the same familiar power click. The TV will continue this pattern of trying to turn on then back off without user interaction, which is why I have it unplugged so that it's not constantly doing that.

Also, when I plug it back in, I will occasionally see the "HDMI 1" label in the upper left of the screen for a brief second before the TV clicks off and starts the cycle. This part isn't consistently repeatable, though.

Sorry to derail the discussion going on, but I have a question that I'm hoping someone here can assist with. I'm having issues getting my TC-P55ST50 to turn on/stay on and while the power light is blinking when attempting to turn it on, the issue is slightly different than the typical power light blinking that most people have reported.

When plugging in the TV (it's been unplugged since the issue started), I get the typical power "click" then, 10 seconds in, the power light begins blinking in a strobe light type fashion (very quick, not any distinct, countable blinks) before displaying a solid power light for about 1-2 seconds. At this point, the TV goes back off with the same familiar power click. The TV will continue this pattern of trying to turn on then back off without user interaction, which is why I have it unplugged so that it's not constantly doing that.

Also, when I plug it back in, I will occasionally see the "HDMI 1" label in the upper left of the screen for a brief second before the TV clicks off and starts the cycle. This part isn't consistently repeatable, though.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

It sounds like you have a defective board. It might be the power supply board. Contact an authorized Panasonic service center.

Hey guys, just had a weird new problem start this evening. All my video apps like Netflix, amazon, YouTube, Hulu are suddenly in black and white. Was fine yesterday. Nobody changed any setting. Regular tv is fine but when you hit the "internet" button on the remote and the dashboard comes up, whatever input you are on which is now displayed in the center square is also now in black and white. Anyone ever seen this? Thanks. [IMG]

That is very strange! I don't use these features on my televisions, but it will check it out. I built an htpc about 6 months ago and never looked back. Selfishly, I wish the television companies would make a cheaper version of the higher end panels that would just be a giant monitor...no speakers, no apps, no wifi, etc. I have not seen these "Smart" televisions work very well, but I only have experience with Panasonic and Samsung plasmas.

If the component input works, then I could plug the receiver into that and the TIVO and Blue Ray into the Receiver. With that setup, at least I would not have to move the component wires back and forth between the TIVO and Blue Ray going into the TV.

I tried the factory reset using the remote with no luck. Is there another way?

Do you have a site where I can look for the HDMI board?

hello, I am having the same problem where my TV stopped recognizing components connected to the hdmi inputs. I cannot figure out what to do...any advice would be much appreciated.

more detailed explanation: TV was working fine, left on holiday, when we returned the TV was no longer recognizing hdmi inputs. Currently get a "No Signal..." message for all 3 hdmi inputs. Have tried different components and different hdmi cables and verified that they do work on another TV. Everything else on the TV seems to be working fine.

Do you get any sound, etc? It sound like a bad "A" board, which is the main board. My television exhibited similar behavior after a very close lightening strike hit near my house. Fried a few things. Don't know if that caused your problem, but HDMI boards are very fragile and finicky in my experience. Probably need to have a tech out to look at it and tell you what the problem is rather than rack your brain.

I started to get some pretty loud buzzing when watching white or whitish pictures recently. This only started in the last month or so but the buzz is very loud (very noticeable from 15 feet away) during scenes with a white or very light picture on the screen. What could have caused the change in behavior recently. I have a second year warranty from my credit card that will expire in about 1 week. Would anyone here recommend I try to get this thing fixed?

I started to get some pretty loud buzzing when watching white or whitish pictures recently. This only started in the last month or so but the buzz is very loud (very noticeable from 15 feet away) during scenes with a white or very light picture on the screen. What could have caused the change in behavior recently. I have a second year warranty from my credit card that will expire in about 1 week. Would anyone here recommend I try to get this thing fixed?

Hi, do any of you fine gentleman know anything for wii u settings? I've been using the graphics mode setting a few pages up but they don't seem right on wii u. On ps4 and the bone they are good though. Anything. For wii u

I started to get some pretty loud buzzing when watching white or whitish pictures recently. This only started in the last month or so but the buzz is very loud (very noticeable from 15 feet away) during scenes with a white or very light picture on the screen. What could have caused the change in behavior recently. I have a second year warranty from my credit card that will expire in about 1 week. Would anyone here recommend I try to get this thing fixed?

On my ST there were loose board mounti ng screws. Easy job removing the back panel and cheking them.

Just wanted to post an update that my P55ST50 just started to turn itself off randomly after an hour or so of use. I verified that all of my sleep timers are disabled and my "eco" settings are all disabled so that the TV wont shut off after 3 hours nor will it shut off after 10 minutes of inactivity. Is there another setting I need to check? Should I call up panasonic and have them come out? My TV is probably out of warranty, it was purchased in late 2012.

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Here ya go. I've used these from day one with tiny tweaks to fit my needs, which wasn't a lot. They are a good place to start.
North American TC-PxxST50 Reference Settings
Picture
Picture Mode: Custom
Contrast: 76
Brightness: 56
Color: 43
Tint: 0
Sharpness: 0
Color Temp: Warm2
Photo Enhancement: Off
C.A.T.S: Off
Video NR: Off

I started to get some pretty loud buzzing when watching white or whitish pictures recently. This only started in the last month or so but the buzz is very loud (very noticeable from 15 feet away) during scenes with a white or very light picture on the screen. What could have caused the change in behavior recently. I have a second year warranty from my credit card that will expire in about 1 week. Would anyone here recommend I try to get this thing fixed?

This is my issue exactly right now, my TV is about 1 year old. Luckily I bought a 5 year extended warranty.

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On my ST there were loose board mounti ng screws. Easy job removing the back panel and cheking them.

The repair guy called yesterday and did exactly this, it's made no difference.

I bought this tv a couple of months ago, and it worked fine. Recently, i connected my ps4 and pc through hdmi(1,2) to the tv and after few days of using it, all 3 hdmi ports, stopped working. No picture on hdmi 1,2,3 but it get's recognized by the PC.
Anyone else got this problem?

I'm having the white screen/buzzing noise issue also. It seems to be getting worse, and it's annoying.

On another note, is anyone getting 1080p streams on Netflix after the Firmware 1.27 update on June 17th, 2014? Try streaming a Super HD video, press the info button and let me know if you get anything above 720p. Mine is stuck at 720p after the firmware update.